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Merchandiser
Fashion Industry Company
New York, NY, United States
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Provide overall merchandising support to upper management of Merchandising and Planning. This role will help manage and drive all aspects of merchandising and will engage with the merchandising, planning and cross-functional team members. They will be responsible for support in the overall growth of our brands and driving strategies to support the company’s revenue goals.
Duties:
• Develop a merchandising strategy for areas of responsibility.
• Work closely with upper management to ensure strategy implementation throughout merchandising process
• Attend sketch review meetings with design
• Develop a merchandise line plan month by month to support strategy.
• Presenting Design and Production with essential programs, retail pricing, and fabric recommendations to support strategy
• Develop buy-plans with Planners to meet company goals
• Verify that categories are edited correctly and that the line fits together with other categories in the brand
• Work with Visual team on floor maps. Ensure product is represented by month on the floor
• Have financial accountability for sales, gross margin, and turn for product categories
• Work with planning to determine quarterly budget.
• Read and analyze trends
• Participate in OTB meetings and provide input on sales and gross margin projections versus current trend
• Provide weekly recommendations for markdowns to planning based on OTB strategy
• Attend fittings for area of responsibility
• Resolve production issues to ensure they are taken care of in a timely manner
Skills/Qualifications:
• Minimum of 3-5 years in retail merchandising or planning experience
• Computer proficiency with MS Office, Excel, and Word
• Highly strategic with elevated problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Goal orientated; ability to stay focused on creating winning results
• Strong budgeting and planning skills with a sense of priority for deadlines and attention to detail
• Confident in making effective autonomous (and group) decisions in a timely manner
• Ability to select product according to design direction
• Ability to work independently in an entrepreneurial environment
• Proven ability to manager projects independently and to work as part of a team
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Job description subject to change due to business needs